[Headlines Only] [Top Stories Only]
Categories
· Business (Tobacco)
Organizations
· Cpi

Consumer Prices Jump 0.4 Percent 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 1999-10-19
Author: Martin Crutsinger

Intro:

Inflation at the consumer level jumped 0.4 percent in September, the biggest increase in five months, reflecting sharply higher prices for gasoline, cigarettes and clothing. . . The core CPI increase of 0.3 percent would have been an even smaller 0.2 percent in September had it not been for a sharp spurt in tobacco costs, which were up 6.5 percent. That was the largest monthly rise since an 18.5 percent spurt in tobacco costs last December.

Jump to full article »